Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Obama's Signing Statement

Attached to the Defense funding bill, which seems, although people dispute what the weird wording actually means to allow the President to toss any US citizen deemed a threat into a military brig forever:
I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation. My Administration will interpret section 1021 in a manner that ensures that any detention it authorizes complies with the Constitution, the laws of war, and all other applicable law.

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